Strategy, Change and Leadership PgCert

University of Bristol

This practical part-time MSc in Strategy, Change and Leadership is for professionals who want to build on their management experience and progress their leadership career.

This programme will give you the tools and the knowledge to lead high-performing teams, drive organisational change and develop robust strategic direction.

You will gain a broad perspective of the complexities within organisations and the issues affecting success and failure. The programme will help you to understand how to enhance your own impact as a leader, develop a deep understanding of how to deal with change and uncertainty, and increase your ability to think about organisational issues and opportunities in different ways.

The programme is delivered through intensive three-day workshops, designed to make a difference to your professional practice month by month. The course is structured to suit busy managers, enabling you to engage in part-time studies whilst performing your demanding work role.

Workshops are highly interactive and include mini-lectures, case studies, practical exercises, personal reflection and group work.

The programme attracts a diverse cohort which gives students the opportunity to build a strong network of like-minded professionals across a wide range of sectors.

Attendance is compulsory at all taught units, which take place on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday for each unit. There are eight units in total.

Accreditation by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), working in partnership with University Archaeology UK (UAUK), recognises academic programmes which provide students with appropriate workplace skills relevant to both a career in the historic environment and CIfA membership at Practitioner grade.